The anatomy of a flash flood in the Hartbeespoort catchment

Water SA

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-356

  Hely Hutchinson, J R ^a,b   Schumann, E H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Moolmanshof   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOOD FLOW; RIVER; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD EVENT; PAVEMENT; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031464885     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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